Vuelta a España - Stage 4 Málaga - Valdepeñas de Jaén 183.8km

[Hugo Koblet]

It wasn't TJVG but Peter Velits I think.

And wow Anton looks amazing.

 

[roundabout]

I think Velits was the best HTC

 

[Jamsque]

Kash, Sastre and Tommy D all losing more than a minute and a half.

Ah, Velits makes a bit more sense than Tejay. Good ride from him.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wacky went too hard too soon. Nibali is looking menacing.
Anton shows his class.

 

[nvpacchi]

serious stuff, amazing victory for Anton!

 

[jaylew]

Was that Tejay or Siutsou?

 

[Moondance]

It wasn't TJVG but Peter Velits I think.

And wow Anton looks amazing.

Wow. Impressive from the man. Tejay was probably the 2nd HTC man, about 8 secs down then.... I hope

 

[Jukebox]

What a last k, those guys climb FAST, even on 20% grades. Anton looked amazing, will Gilbert hold on to red?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Was that Tejay or Siutsou?

As mentioned earlier: Peter Velits.

TJVG did well though.

 

[Moondance]

Shame Gilbert couldn't do the double.... Was just too steep.

But a great job by him to hold onto the red, I think...

 

[roundabout]

standings

http://www.lavuelta.com/10/es/resultados/index.html?e=4

 

[Moondance]

Ouch... Lulu down 36 secs.

 

[Jamsque]

Tejay DID do well, and Tommy D was only 36 down, the Garmin in the Sastre group was Thomas Peterson.

 

[Frosty]

How much time did Gilbert lose? He had 14 seconds over Rodriguez - if Rodriguez came third then i think he gets eight seconds time bonus? Anton was 35 seconds back before this stage and he'll get 20 seconds so probably not enough. Nibali was 28 seconds so 12 (?) seconds for second probably brings him just up short as well?

Ah, cheers Roundabout!

5 Caisse d'epargne in the first 19 - not hard to see why they are favourites for the team classification.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Tommy D at 36 seconds.
Frank and Dennis locked at 19 seconds.

Gilbert 10 seconds ahead of Anton and Rodriguez on GC.

 

[Ferminal]

Awesome shot of them coming up three wide!

I thought Anton might be able to do it.

 

[Moondance]

So... Do Tondo and Ruben Plaza inherit the captaincy of their teams now they've both shown to be in better form than their higher paid teammates for two days in a row?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

F.Schleck is soooooo not going to win this Vuelta, or even podium matter-of-factly.

Anton ftw, can't wait for the actual mountains where Anton will throw minutes at others

 

[Delicato]

What about GC top 10?

 

[jaylew]

Caisse with 4 guys in the top 15 for the stage and GC.

Edit: Make that 5 guys in the top 17 on GC.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Gilbert with another stunning ride. I thought he would be struggling to hang halfway this finish climb, but he's right near the front.

If he can now do these sort of long steep things too against some of the best GT climbers, several of the classics might as well be called now and save all of us the trouble of showing up and going through the whole messy process.

 

[Jamsque]

So... Do Tondo and Ruben Plaza inherit the captaincy of their teams now they've both shown to be in better form than their higher paid teammates for two days in a row?

Not unless they show the same thing on proper long MTFs as well.

 

[jaylew]

What about GC top 10?

Dor. Nombre Equ. Tiempo
1 134 GILBERT, Philippe OLO 13h 56' 30''
2 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 10''
3 181 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 10''
4 126 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 12''
5 179 VELITS, Peter THR + 16''
6 177 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay THR + 29''
7 9 TONDO, Xavier CTT + 49''
8 209 SCHLECK, Frank SAX + 50''
9 57 PLAZA, Ruben GCE + 54''
10 211 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel XAC + 55''
11 11 ROCHE, Nicholas ALM + 58''
12 51 ARROYO, David GCE + 1' 01''
13 52 BRUSEGHIN, Marzio GCE + 1' 01''
14 157 MENCHOV, Denis RAB + 1' 11''
15 59 URAN, Rigoberto GCE + 1' 19''
16 101 DANIELSON, Thomas GRM + 1' 21''
17 58 SÁNCHEZ, Luis León GCE + 1' 24''
18 186 KARPETS, Vladimir KAT + 1' 24''
19 137 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe OLO + 1' 33''
20 158 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 2' 08''

 

[Francois the Postman]

Awesome shot of them coming up three wide!

I thought Anton might be able to do it.

I didn't. I was waiting for the longer upcoming ones. Glad I backed him for overall though.

 

[theyoungest]

I'm actually most impressed by Tejay van Garderen today... didn't think he'd like this kind of explosive finish. Good stuff from the 22-year-old.